and adrenaline-fuelled mudfests may always go down a storm among punters, but sometimes it's hard to beat a no-frills classic road race. And there are certainly no extravagant trappings to this rural 10K on the northernmost tip of Lichfield.Two pancake-flat laps
to expect. Can you help this week’s questioner set realistic goals, and suggest how he might train to achieve them?"I ran my best 10K about 13 years ago, when I was 25, in 43 minutes. I've not done a huge amount of running since then due to work stuff
've not been going that far and I don't want to carry anything whilst running. Instead I've been making sure I'm topped up and then downing a couple of pints on my return. In my first 10K at the weekend, I went for water at the water stations, and I just couldn
running and come back having missed training or 2) get over it and pick a 10K race somewhere with no time target and a no watch. Give it a couple of days and move on - you won't believe how quickly you forget bad races! – Pugheaven™ Any questions?Got a
string of enviable road race times have earnt her the title of premier LV65 (Ladies Veteran 65+) over 10K, 5K and half-marathon in the UK.Three months from now she will be toeing the line in Italy for the World Masters Track and Field Championships, where
